OF N.Z. INTEREST

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17120, 15 April 1921, Page 11

OF N.Z. INTEREST

BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIRS. (rnov .our owk cobmstoxdeht.) LONDON, March 3. By tJie "Aberdeen Journal" the opinion is expressed: "Mr Massey has lome exceedingly sensible ideas on the mbject of the Empire's future, and his \ work at the coming Imperial Conference if ill repay study." Thia appreciatory ," comment comes at the conclusion of a referenco to various statements that Australia and New Zealand are strong?}' - jnijagonisUic tt> the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, to which Mr ftfassey has given an emphatic denial. STrnttmtains that British Australasia, while opposed to the "racial equality oropositions at present in vogue, and Setcrmincdly white men's countries, has 1, desire whatever to hinder fhe rej£,ral of ths Alliance provided racial ■ MOftlity is not insisted on. \ Peace of the Pacific. v Aga' n t relative to the fame subject, I »ha "Yorkshire Telegraph" finds that ♦he Pre"", takes the view that the Treaty has hitherto received but siight atten'tion Iroin the public; that opinion in. | the matter ia not formed, but certainly • jt is not emphatically against renewal. Enquiries ,4iow that among those whoh»Te studied the question the view is held that New Zealand is net opposed to renewal unless impossible conditions aro imposed, such r,s equality of treatment as raised at the Peace Conference, or an interpretation of the Treaty such. fl B would maKe war with America pos- • dible, It is held that the peace of the Pacific should be safeguarded by treaties with those nations whose claims might otherwise conflict with ours. It lb further fully realised that wider issues th.m New Zealand's are involved u the Treaty, J ; N.Z. Demand for British Cars. "The Autocar," dealing with automobihsm in Now Zealand and the renewed demand there for British cars, mentions that there are many features about the mass-produced British. cars that may be modified, to meet the special requirements of N'ew Zoaland, ' and advises manufacturers to_ reaiise that conditions , vary considerably ' "Wesr on tyre 3is generally very hard, since the chief road material is macadam) and the surface i« often very i' rough. In the principal city streets' wood paving and asphalt, with limited | areas of concrete, are to he found, bub ' m the suburbs and side-streets macadam is tl)o rule, and even bare clay or rot- • fen refck. In Auckland i rovince scoria /and other volcanic materials are now generally vsed ns road material, and, as »jny be imagined, sudh material is par.tidnlarly hard on tyres." Makers are that American manufacturers are not overlooking the exchange positiDn at present in ,their favour,, and are taking advantage of placing orders prerdue On the whole, it is realised in New Zealand that there* is good value for money in British cars of known rooko. ..-.•.■ , New Zealand Trade Prospects. fe. British, Industries Fairs (at the Crys- |;!':. tal Palace, Birmingham, and Glasgow), j .'i One, was disappointed at the attitude ppf wany British firms who had repro- : tlierfe, for numbers of them not t>e;oothered to talk about .with overseas countries,, seeing -;/that theuv immediate concerns woreenthe Home markets, from ; ; x wHenoe demand was perpetual and unv Wi|ihg. This year a different note is vv.struCß,. and there is an eagerness to 'Xtalk about trado prospects with distant i(\f countries. The lairs now in progress -'vinijliondon, Birmingham, and Glasgow ' aije.fwell attendod by prospective buyers • ; Continent and, from-other. r \cbuntsjsß, and although it might be. an %. to .describe business ~•;as, are indi-' fKcawpps that.eahibitprs will not regret been represented at these Fairs, good orders are being placed.. rj,;m;-I Sir James Allen was at the Birmingtp' ham;. Fair last week, and he is of |;i "opinion that the enterprise originated I? by'the-Overseais Department of the '|r| Board of Trade should do much to fur'lftr'thor ;busihess relationships with British ;fe Dpmtnions. As a result of his tour he |;; J. P. Plant and Alderman H. a» J. Sawyer that he had gathered parv ticulars "concerning a number of indusHj,; tries ithat might bo productive of trade |i;: -deyinlopment; also he said ho was going i|\ to.serid a report to New Zealand, draw-. >f;'' ing,special attention to what he had £s: seen. In the Antipodes firms wero ||liremely anxious to foster trade with f|;i<}reat Britain, and with that object a preferential tariff which gavp an ndvantage to. British goods as f||; 'against those emariating from foreign j&sources. He had no reason to antieireversal of that policy, but WM?b the> contrary efforts were being made Sto' givo oven more favourable trade con-Mf-ditions to this country. Many of the ■pfejUiifiits ho had 'seen he recognised as Ss^i^laivto-thoKo which already found Mshojr into iNew Zealand.- Although • »|there'is how-a-considerable trade be|||.fcwibn the Midlands [and New Zealand, e^ery.^esire'that it should bo. jo¥{i*jther'encouraged, .. ''There are many here' which I recognise as being ll'gSi^lar'/to goods which-come to New p:/Z||ijnnd, r and it-is a well-founded imin the Dominion that if we articles we. look to the |^,;Mjjpher for-them," said the Commissioner, ""We get better |,j*plii)gs-;frbm Great Britain than from s|^^^berevelse.' Before the war we had fy^njsiderithle.'difficulty in getting our ||%^^tVof vjew, considered by manufacMn the, Home Country, but I jiasl been altered now, Birindustrial rnagnates are now our requirements and are beto cater for them." Sir James |S;|wienti6ned-that a proportion of an or||i»aeFfor 1000 railway waggons which has placed in this country is being gjl.execytjed by.a Midland firm. "Our xaild«iyelbping," he added. V: -: V ■'■■■•' _